Many leaders say people are fed up w/ restrictions, so we can’t try to do anything about Omicron:
- Premise questionable, as several polls show majority want mask mandates
- There is a TON government could do (but isn’t) that does NOT involve individual restrictions 1/
Things govt could do that are NOT individual restrictions:
Mail everyone free KF94s & rapid tests
Fund ventilation upgrades & air filters
Set indoor air quality standards
Paid support to isolate when sick
Public education: #LongCovid is hell
Public education: #COVIDisAirborne 2/
More things govt could do that are NOT individual restrictions:
Public education: KF94/N95 >>> cloth/surgical mask
CO2 monitors for all indoor spaces, results displayed clearly for all occupants to see
Replace all the "fight covid w/ hand-washing signs" 3/
Trust has been eroded through confusing messaging & contradictory/nonsensical restrictions (closing outdoor beach & parks, hygiene theater, obsession with hand-washing, etc) 4/
It would increase legitimacy & trust for leaders to acknowledge that poor-fitting cloth or surgical masks are not enough against Delta or Omicron. Cloth masks were supposed to be a stop gap measure at start of pandemic. (article from Jan 2021) 5/ theatlantic.com/health/archive…
Even if leaders persist w/ false fatalism, at least be honest: "Everyone is going to get Omicron BECAUSE we are failing to act. Covid is airborne. You breathe unsafe air at work, your kids breathe unsafe air at school. Many of you will be permanently & painfully disabled by it" 6
More on the importance of cleaning up indoor air (& role of government in doing so) in this 🧵↕️:
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